The Puffin Project
Posted: Tue Nov 22, 2022 7:37 pm- A 1/5 th scale model sans TCF and sans king post: made by Frank Colver
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The Puffin Project
Frank Colver wrote:my “HG Basic Trainer” project
Here are some of the posts that give background to Frank Colver's Puffin project:
https://ushga.aero/colver/index.php/the ... g-gliders/ https://ushawks.org/forum/viewtopic.php ... 80&p=27854Also, research "Puffin" in Jack's forum; fertile text may be posted within this present topic thread.
Frank's main postings in another forum regarding the Puffin: https://forum.hanggliding.org/viewtopic.php?t=36286
A basic trainer design for teaching hanggliding
Frank Colver wrote:but I also posted my ideas and drawings, model tests etc., as “open source” and giving up all claims to the ideas and designs so that anyone else could use them to build a similar design
The game is then on: build something that seems close to Frank's seminal Puffin design and such would seem to be within the "Puffin Project." Recommended is a reading of all of Frank's notes concerning the Puffin project. Then builds are invited to be reported in detail.
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